US 11,843,971 B2
Dynamic enablement of RLC mode based on UE RF conditions
Vimal Srivastava, Bangalore (IN); Sri Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US); and Abhishek Dhammawat, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,987.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119693 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/04 (2013.01) [H04L 1/203 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
registering a user equipment (UE) to a 5G radio access network (5G RAN) to establish a session through a gNodeB;
setting a custom configuration in an enterprise network of the 5G RAN, wherein the custom configuration is for a user account or a group of user accounts and correlates different threshold values with associated radio link control (RLC) modes for different Quality of Service (QoS) flow attributes;
providing a threshold value for a network characteristic, wherein changes in the network characteristic correlates to changes in radiofrequency channel conditions of the UE;
sending a trigger to configure the gNodeB to identify when the network characteristic meets the threshold value for selectively controlling operation of the gNodeB at one of a plurality of different operation modes including an initial radio link control (RLC) mode based on the network characteristic; and
establishing the session with the gNodeB operating in the initial RLC mode.